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*** No Harvest Card - No Grace - No Permit ***
The deadline for the return of the 2011-12 hunter harvest report cards is April 8, 2012. This year there will be no grace period. In addition, hunters who fail to return their harvest cards by the deadline will not be eligible to hunt in Big Thicket. More »
Hunting
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Hunting is allowed in the following areas of Big Thicket National Preserve: the Beaumont Unit, the Beech Creek Unit, the Big Sandy Creek Unit, the Lance Rosier Unit, and the Neches Bottom and Jack Gore Baygall Unit. Hunters may take white-tailed deer, squirrels, rabbits, waterfowl, and feral hogs. Free hunting permits are required and are available in person at the preserve visitor center. Please refer to the publications below for more information. |
Did You Know?
The ivory-billed woodpecker, once considered extinct, was last seen in the Big Thicket in 1967 near the Neches River. Recent sightings in Arkansas give a glimmer of hope for its return.